I am not sure if this is still an issue, but I experienced the same issue you described. I was able to change the admin password on my Splunk instance using the following:
splunk edit user admin -password <password> -role admin -auth admin:<admin_password>

Vcorral

February 5, 2019

Rajasekhar14

Okay, thanks for the info. I'm reaching out to development to see what might be causing this issue. I'll let you know what i find out!

Jworthington splunk, Splunker

January 7, 2019

I'm able to change the password in Splunk Web, but not in CLI.

Rajasekhar14

December 27, 2018

Hi Rajasekhar14,
I'd be curious to know if you are able to change the password in Splunk Web. If not, it could be a permissions issue.

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